Land, custom, and practice in the South Pacific / edited by R. Gerard Ward and Elizabeth Kingdon.

Call Number
333.3/099
Title
Land, custom, and practice in the South Pacific / edited by R. Gerard Ward and Elizabeth Kingdon.
Land, Custom & Practice in the South Pacific
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 290 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Series
Cambridge Asia-Pacific studies
Notes
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Contents
1. Land Use and Tenure: Some Comparisons / R. Gerard Ward and Elizabeth Kingdon -- 2. Land Tenure in the Pacific Islands / R. Gerard Ward and Elizabeth Kingdon -- 3. Breathing Spaces: Customary Land Tenure in Vanuatu / Margaret Rodman -- 4. From Corporate to Individual Land Tenure in Western Samoa / J. Tim O'Meara -- 5. Right and Privilege in Tongan Land Tenure / Kerry James -- 6. Land, Law and Custom: Diverging Realities in Fiji / R. Gerard Ward -- 7. Beyond the Breathing Space / Anthony Hooper and R. Gerard Ward.
Summary
Land tenure arrangements are intimately linked with the organization of society, the economy, political structures and geography. In the South Pacific Islands the majority of land is held by community groups under 'customary' or 'traditional' forms of tenure. This book argues that land formerly held in common is now often controlled and used exclusively by individuals or nuclear families - it is being privatized. Detailed case studies demonstrate these trends in Western Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu and Fiji. Parallels are noted from Asia, Europe and Africa, where comparable forces of commercialization, individualization and socio-political change have brought comparable results. The denial of these trends by policy makers in the region reflects an interest in maintaining the image of traditionalism and its associated status and power. The divergence between rhetoric and reality creates dilemmas for many Pacific Islanders and their leaders.
Added Author
Ward, R. Gerard, editor.
Kingdon, Elizabeth, 1949- editor.
Subject
Land tenure Islands of the Pacific.
Land tenure Oceania.
Islands of the Pacific Social conditions.
Oceania Social conditions.
Multimedia
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Summary
Land tenure arrangements are intimately linked with the organization of society, the economy, political structures and geography. In the South Pacific Islands the majority of land is held by community groups under 'customary' or 'traditional' forms of tenure. This book argues that land formerly held in common is now often controlled and used exclusively by individuals or nuclear families - it is being privatized. Detailed case studies demonstrate these trends in Western Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu and Fiji. Parallels are noted from Asia, Europe and Africa, where comparable forces of commercialization, individualization and socio-political change have brought comparable results. The denial of these trends by policy makers in the region reflects an interest in maintaining the image of traditionalism and its associated status and power. The divergence between rhetoric and reality creates dilemmas for many Pacific Islanders and their leaders.
Notes
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Contents
1. Land Use and Tenure: Some Comparisons / R. Gerard Ward and Elizabeth Kingdon -- 2. Land Tenure in the Pacific Islands / R. Gerard Ward and Elizabeth Kingdon -- 3. Breathing Spaces: Customary Land Tenure in Vanuatu / Margaret Rodman -- 4. From Corporate to Individual Land Tenure in Western Samoa / J. Tim O'Meara -- 5. Right and Privilege in Tongan Land Tenure / Kerry James -- 6. Land, Law and Custom: Diverging Realities in Fiji / R. Gerard Ward -- 7. Beyond the Breathing Space / Anthony Hooper and R. Gerard Ward.
Subject
Land tenure Islands of the Pacific.
Land tenure Oceania.
Islands of the Pacific Social conditions.
Oceania Social conditions.
Multimedia